This week’s edition includes specific claims, pollution, food security, land claims and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news included identity and child welfare
‘It’s not right’: Indigenous leaders call on Ottawa to clean up procurement system | Global News
AFN national chief promotes child welfare agreement, as expert raises concerns | St. Albert Gazette
Wildfire recovery, a specific claim settlement, pipelines and Indigenous health outcomes topped BC headlines
A B.C. First Nation burned down — now it's building back bigger | CTV News
Esk’etemc First Nation celebrates $147M federal settlement for broken water promises | IndigiNews
Indigenous leaders burn PRGT pipeline agreement, blockade B.C. road | The Narwhal
'Gut wrenching' report: B.C. First Nations life expectancy plunges by six years | CTV News
Less than 1% of B.C.'s physicians self-identify as First Nations: Report | Vernon Morning Star
Alberta stories highlighted pollution and regulatory enforcement
'Ridiculously small' fine sends wrong message to industry: Indigenous leaders | National Observer*
Leaders in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., urge people to avoid Lake Athabasca over contamination concerns | CBC News
A cows and plows settlement and food security were front and centre in Saskatchewan
Lac La Ronge chief announces $600M 'cows and plows' settlement for failed treaty promises | CBC News
Little Black Bear partners with Muscowpetung on building aquaponics facilities | CTV News
Manitoba’s top story was a controversial Senate appointment
Manitoba chiefs call for PM to rescind Charles Adler's appointment to Senate | CityNews
Land claims and Indian Residential Schools funding were newsmakers in Ontario
Feds warn Ontario Algonquins not to 'usurp' own organization's modern treaty talks | CBC News
$46M land claim vote delayed: Walpole Island may be entitled to much more, researchers say | Chatham Daily News
Ontario Regional Chief Benedict releases statement on reversal of funding cuts for Indian Residential Schools | Chiefs of Ontario
Northern stories included cultural appropriation, a community gathering and land management
Imitation Inuit artifacts are everywhere, but a new treaty is trying to change that | CBC News
Carcross/Tagish First Nation citizens gather for annual celebration at historic Yukon site | CBC News
Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation accuses territory of delaying Dawson land use plan | APTN News
FROM THE COURTS
The Alberta Court of Appeal weighed in on the Crown's liability for breaching Aboriginal and treaty rights
Wesley v Alberta, 2024 ABCA 276
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Our people, our land and our culture are the most important assets in our world.”
- Chief Darwin Douglas, Cheam First Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
Did you ever do that when you were a kid? Just jump into your imagination and that was the real world, if only for a brief moment?"
- Cody Caetano, Half-Bads in White Regalia (2022)
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